Poet Laureate George Kalamaras and his dog, Bootsie.

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Michael Anthony Adams
michael.adams@indystar.com

For nearly 25 years, he has been an English professor at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and has published 12 books of poetry.

But why does Indiana need a poet laureate? Kalamaras says it's to break down the idea that poets are just people living and writing in isolation. As part of his tenure, he hopes to initiate an Indiana poetry exchange in which poets would travel the state to share their work. ...